
Special thanks to my collaborator on this Rengay, Missy Daugherty
http://madmissywork.blog
Trust, never taken
Instead, it’s given freely
Shared among us all
Be cautious; don’t do something
That will make them not trust you…
AAA/MAD 09/27/2024

Trust, never taken
Instead, it’s given freely
Shared among us all
Be cautious; don’t do something
That will make them not trust you…
AAA/MAD 09/27/2024

Dancing sprites abound
All basking in blinding light
Making day of night
Show the way for those in need
Let them guide you to greatness…
AAA/MAD 09/27/2024

Welding alchemy
Fusing metal together
Can be shear magic…
-AAA 09/26/2024

A soft gentle touch
Warm tender reassurance
Will go a long way
In a cold dark heartless world
Would make all the difference
-AAA 09/26/2024

Your three words today are:
INCISION
CUT
STITCH
POINT OF NO RETURN

Some can’t stitch marriage
All incisions cut too deep
For any healing
As their life is terminal
And there is no coming back…
-AAA 09/25/2024

The soft sweet splendor
Of the rainfall overnight
Best white noise of all
My eyes are growing heavy
And all thoughts, on that soft stream…
-AAA 09/25/2024

Many colours wait
Ready for use, on a plate
There is no debate
Wanting to be a showpiece
So, take your time and inspire…
-AAA/MAD 09/24/2024

Mistakes are normal
As, nobody is perfect
Be nicer to you
Grin and bear what comes your way
You’re human, not a robot…
-AAA/MAD 09/24/2024

You ran away fast
Without an explanation
Cowardice told me
Betrayed me right from start
I’ll rise up and learn from it…
-AAA/MAD 09/24/2024

The thunderclaps roll
A sky is dark, like midnight
Only its noontime
Beware, a storm is brewing
Take precautions and keep safe…
-AAA/MAD 09/24/2024

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Your challenge for the week
MEANS TO AN END

I should have left you
A lot sooner than I did
Was just a paycheck
You never cared about me
I was just a means to an end…
-AAA 09/23/2024

The red curtain falls
With a deafening applause
An amazing show
Introspective & Marvellous
Surprising message for all…
-AAA/MAD 09/23/2024

Torrent waters fall
With nowhere for them to go
Violent overflows
An abundance of excess
Severely needs to escape…
-AAA/MAD 09/23/2024

Something is amiss
It was missing in your kiss
No passion or bliss
The love we once shared, I miss
Now, all I do reminisce…
-AAA/MAD 09/23/2024

Your three words today are:
SLITHER
SNAKE
WRITHE
SSSNAKES IN POLITICS

Most politicians
Slither about like a snake
Atop a hot plate
Writhing in great agony
When needing to tell the truth…
-AAA 09/22/2024

Your three words today are:
BLOOM
STORM
ROBUST
HEAVENLY BLOOMS

On warm summer days
Bright storms of brilliant blooms
Fill up all the air
With their robust fragrances
In pinks, whites, reds, and purples…
-AAA 09/20/2024

Your three words today are:
ALIGHT
DESCENT
RAISE
BRIGHTNESS OF NIGHT

Descent of the sun
Darkness alight in the glow
Raise the moon higher
Most starlight is washed away
As is the nighttime’s deep dark…
-AAA 09/18/2024

Today’s Word of the day is Spectator.
SPECTATORS

Some of us are just,
spectators in our own lives.
I used to be one.
Until I changed my mindset.
To active participant…
-AAA 09/17/2024

Ecstasy revealed
Heart’s delight unleashed in joy
Soul’s blissful embrace
Passions burn, so brilliantly
That their light never goes out…
-MAD/AAA 09/13/2024

One plus one is two
Reunion for me and you
What else could we do?
reconnect in every way
enjoying time together…
-AAA/MAD 9/13/24

Freezing time’s embrace
Seizing moments in the mind
Preserving memories
Revisiting moments, gone
Rebuilding all the lost ones…
-MAD/AAA 09/13/2024

Action takes the stage
Drama unfolding in life
Stories coming alive
Fantasy is all too real
And realities, unreal…
-MAD/AAA 09/13/2024

Forceful impact’s sound
Resonating through the air
Strength and power shown
Reeling back from the hard blow
Falling on cold hard asphalt…
-MAD/AAA 09/13/2024

Time cannot stand still
It is always in motion
Serendipitous
Nature’s rhythm moves us all,
in a dance of endless time…
-AAA/MAD 9/13/24

Sweet lilacs beckon.
As soft tall grasses call me
The trees wave welcome
wanting them to calm you down
enjoy, peace and solitude…
-AAA/MAD 9/13/24

Sit quiet alone
Do not speak a single word
Not a syllable.
Breathe in positivity
Breathe out negativity…
-AAA/MAD 9/13/24

The time is right now.
And the correct place is here.
Great to be alive.
So many experiences
Live each day to the fullest
AAA/MAD 9/12/24

Horizontal strings
All arranged from A to G
Such an instrument
Acoustic or amplified
Making amazing music…
-AAA 09/12/2024

Your three words today are:
KERNEL
KEEP
KEROSENE
Sustenance

Keep your kerosene
Always close by, and kernels
Of corn in a bowl
As one gives your warmth and the
other fills up your stomach…
-AAA 09/12/2024

Your three words today are:
BLANK
KNIFE
SHARP
Loveless Marriage

Our blank life cut sharp.
No love no intimacy.
It hurt like a knife.
Each time you’d deny my love.
I would move further away…
-AAA 09/11/2024

Where does the love go
that is not ever returned?
Does it go to waste?
Or is it somehow reclaimed,
by all the loneliest souls???
-AAA 09/09/2024

Embers of the day
Blaze on in the ensuing dusk
Purple violets
Slowly move across the sky
Painting everything in fire…
-AAA 09/09/2024

Your three words today are:
HIJACK
OVERCOME
STEAL
BLOWHARDS

People do hijack
Conversations quite often
To steal the spotlight
To overcome shortcomings
And make others seem smaller…
-AAA 09/08/2024

Your final three words for this week are:
PENNY
CENT
DOLLAR
Expensive Times

Such expensive times
We are living in today
That a dollar bill
Feels like it’s worth a penny
And one cent will not buy much…
-AAA 09/06/2024

Your three words today are:
SPREE
MALL
ESCALATOR
MALL

We went to the mall
Riding the escalators
On a shopping spree
A great way to spend the day
If you don’t mind the large crowds…
-AAA 09/05/2024

The heart of beauty
Pearces all the ugliness
Bright beacon of light
Drives away all the darkness
In a very cold cruel world…
-AAA 09/04/2024

Your three words today are:
BRUTAL
HARSH
BLOOD
INTENSE

He played his drum set
Such intense brutal harshness
That his fingers bled
Dogged determination
For his art and instrument…
-AAA 09/04/2024

Your three words today are:
SOLAR
LUNAR
STARRY
Parchment of the Sky

Solar light by day.
With great lunar starry nights.
Beauty, day and night.
Our sky, a quite large parchment.
The universe, paints it all…
-AAA 09/03/2024

Your three words today are:
GLADE
COPSE
CLEARING
The Thicket

A doe settled down
With her fawn in a copse
Past a grassy glade
Untouched emerald clearing
Safety in their warm thicket…
-AAA 09/03/2024

All we’ll ever know
Is amassed in our lifetimes
Through the lessons learned
Mistakes repeatedly made
As well as our successes…
-AAA 08/28/2024

One billion seconds
Sounds like quite a lot of time
But you’d be surprised
How little it really is
Time is relative to us…
-AAA 08/28/2024

Step right and step left
Progress down a silent street
Awaiting judgement
Along with powerful words
“The judges are now ready”…
-AAA 08/28/2024

Your final three words for August are:
PRANCE
STRUT
SWAY
Prancer the Dancer

Prancer strutted his
Stuff swaying right and then left
He was such the belle
Of the reindeer ball this year
Pulling out all of the stops
-AAA 08/30/2024

An occupied space
Buried deep inside the mind
Must be vacated
Overindulged self pity
Must arrive at an ending…
-AAA 08/27/2024

Efforts never cease,
Striving towards what’s yet to come,
Trying to succeed.
Takes a lot of your gumption,
and sheer determination…
-MAD/AAA08/25/2024

Your final three words for this week are:
PIVOT
DIVOT
IDIOT
Lack of Grace

I did my pivot
Then I made a large divot
Like an idiot
As a dancer I am not
With the lack of grace I’ve got…
-AAA 08/30/2024

Knowing without thought,
Instinct guiding the actions,
Intuitive feel.
Have faith and trust in your gut.
It hasn’t let you down yet…
-MAD/AAA08/25/2024

Cursing in anger,
Expletive of frustration,
Goddamn it all now.
Son of a biscuit eater
Make harsh moments easier…
-MAD/AAA08/25/2024

Your three words today are:
SCOFF
STUFF
SMOCK
Scoffed and Mocked

They all scoffed at her
They would also mock her smock
They laughed at her stuff
Every little possession
Was open game for their jokes…
-AAA 08/29/2024

Comrade and buddy,
Friend and confidant in one,
Pal for life’s journey.
Helps with your rougher times
And the blissful times as well…
-MAD/AAA08/25/2024